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Modern Change at Charter Schools: New Evidence from the Noble Charter Network
Recent evaluations of U.S. charter schools in metropolitan areas have highlighted their positive impacts on high school standardized testing and college enrollment, positioning charter schools at the forefront of educational economics research and policy. The Noble Charter Network, part of the …
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California Charter School Closures: Perspectives and Advice from Nine Former Charter School Directors
Charter schools have been categorized as "everyone's reform" (Bracey, 2004); they are a type of public school, first established in 1992, that normally has fewer restrictions than most public schools and that serves a student body that, in many circumstances, has consciously opted to attend the …
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Understanding Charter School Governance: A Case Study of a Conversion Charter School Board of Directors
The charter school movement has been at the forefront of educational reform since the 1990s. The majority of charter school research has focused on academic achievement and issues of access, equity, and funding. Less attention has focused on charter school governance, yet evidence suggests that …
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Louisiana Charter Schools Leading in High Stakes Testing: Teacher's Perspective on Their Charter Schools' Success
Charter schools allow educators freedom to design and execute innovative curriculum and instruction. The best of educational philosophy is constructive only when it transforms into practice. Today's federal assessment program creates a pressurized educational climate that demands educators respond …
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Charter Schools That Do Not Suspend
<p>Charter schools attempt to write a new narrative in how America serves its children in public schools. While some charter schools in urban areas serving low-income students of color have shown promising routes to academic achievement, in some cases they have not confronted the inequitable …
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UNINTENDED EFFECTS OF CHARTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
… three essays, which study unintended effects of charter school programs. Chapter 1 evaluates the influence of charter schools on housing values. The dynamics between school quality and housing markets contribute to the isolation of disadvantaged students in low performing school districts. …
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An analysis of successful charter school operations
… and systems that contribute to successful charter schools. Nine open ended interviews were conducted, which were then read and coded to identify themes. Using a process consistent with the <em>constant comparison</em> method, codes were transferred into a separate document. To ensure novel …
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Academic Achievement of Students in a Charter Homeschool
A recent development in education is the public charter school as a homeschool model. In several states across the nation, a child may enroll in an independent study program of a public charter school and base his or her studies in the home. This model in the realm of education is called charter …
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Health Education in Charter Schools: A National Study
… of health education that is being taught in U.S. charter high schools. An additional purpose was to identify factors that are associated with teaching health education in charter high schools. Two theories, the Transtheoretical Model and the Health Belief Model were used to evaluate current status …
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Factors Influencing Teachers To Remain At Charter Schools
… factors that contribute to teacher longevity in charter schools located in central and northwest Indiana. Phenomenological methodology was used to collect data regarding charter school teachers’ perceptions by conducting in-depth interviews. Charter school teachers who had remained with the same …
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The case for the enactment of a taxpayers' charter
… law countries alike are adopting taxpayer's charters whereby tax administrations are being renovated in the ambit of the compliance philosophy, and taxpayers' rights are being redefined inline with the essential element of the rule of law, certainty. Taxpayers' rights may be identified in the …
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Leadership practices amongst traditional public and charter school principals
… practices between traditional and public charter school principals in Indiana. The first chapter provides the reader with information regarding societal views on the position and the potential for entrepreneurial school leaders. The chapter also describes the impact that school leaders …
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Choice for All? Charter Schools and Students with Disabilities
… and quality of special education services in charter schools in north Texas, the researcher examined data submitted to Texa Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS), and conducted qualitative interviews with selected charter school administrators. Five cornerstones of the …
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An exploratory investigation of charter schools and special education
… of this investigation was to determine how well charter schools are able to comply with the many laws in special education. All of the charter schools in both Atlantic and Camden counties were sent surveys that asked various questions about their programs in special education. The surveys …
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Charter school growth and educational equity in metropolitan areas
Embargo set by: Colleen Fallaw for item 102768 Lift date: 2019-08-10T21:27:21Z Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system
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Examining “choice” : identifying STEM course-offerings and course-taking patterns in charter and non-charter public schools through social network analysis and community detection
Public charter schools and other market-based reforms in education are heralded by proponents of school choice as efforts that empower families to make decisions about their students’ education that are specifically tailored to their students’ individual needs. Charter schools, in particular, have …
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